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A is for Antoinette*
It’s six months since my friend Antoinette died, and I think it’s probably okay to ‘tell her story’ now. I mean it’s not likely that breaking confidentiality is relevant. The chances of someone who knew her discovering I’ve ‘told’ are … Continue reading
My “pedophile” experience
My ‘pedophile experience’ began with a cute little nine month old baby called David. And it began in the park. I was ten and living in LaSalle, Quebec. In those days most kids had the freedom to roam about the … Continue reading
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“A Hard Name” – the documentary
The other night, for the second time in a week, I watched the TV Ontario documentary A Hard Name.* No doubt I’ll watch it again. This is unusual behavior for me, but I know I’ll realize something new yet again, … Continue reading
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Tagged child abuse, consciousness, ex-convict, pedophile, poverty, social commentary, trauma
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Thinking and Dreaming 
The People of the Kattawapiskak River
I sit here in my large, comfortable, well-heated home, almost trembling with reverberation from seeing Alanis Obomsawin’s film, “The People of the Kattawapiskak River” at the ImagineNative film festival in Toronto. Every Canadian needs to see it. It’s late, and … Continue reading →